A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Featuring:
Brian Burns, Vincent Rubino, James Michael Cummings
Written by:
Edward Burns
Directed by:
Edward Burns
Release Date:
October 11, 2002
Original Title:
Ash Wednesday
Genres:
Action | Crime | Drama
Production Companies:
Focus Features
IFC Productions
Marlboro Road Gang Productions
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
ES: 12 US: R
Runtime: 99
In early 1980s Manhattan, a pair of Irish-American brothers become embroiled in a conflict with the Irish Mob.
Hell's Kitchen on Ash Wednesday, 1983. Rumors are flying that Francis Sullivan's younger brother Sean, dead for three years, has reappeared. If he wasn't killed by rivals, then old scores still need settling, putting Fran and Sean in danger. An upstart is pressuring the local mob boss, who's Fran's protector; Sean's wife, who thinks she's a widow, has gotten on with her life, but Sean has come back for her. The parish priest, part of the initial deception, is frightened. Bad guys with guns are closing in. Can Fran get Sean and his wife out of the city, avoid a war between rival factions, and hold onto new-found morality? Will the cross of ashes on his forehead protect him?
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Art Direction:
Lucio Seixas
Costume Design:
Catherine Marie Thomas
Director:
Edward Burns
Director of Photography:
Russell Lee Fine
Editor:
David Greenwald
Original Music Composer:
David Shire
Producer:
Margot Bridger
Edward Burns
Production Design:
Susan Block
Set Decoration:
Carrie Stewart
Writer:
Edward Burns
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